A former UPS human resources employee has been fired following a reported racist Facebook comment about people of color and police brutality.
Gwendolyn Carder dropped a racist whammy in the comments after Channel 2 Action News posted a story of a black man who was deliberately hit by a police officer on Facebook, WSB-TV reported.
The story centered around Athens-Clarke County Police Department Officer Taylor Saulters, who was fired after hitting runaway suspect Timmy Patmon with his patrol car. The footage was caught on body camera.
“Thugs deserve it. If a family member so be it. However, I do no have any thugs in my family that I am aware of. Seems to be people of color who are the problem," the comment read.
As soon as readers saw the comment, they alerted Channel 2 to notify the station of Carder's employment as a UPS HR supervisor.
“UPS has no tolerance for hate, bigotry or prejudice," UPS Inc. said in a statement to Channel 2 after confirming the 25-year employee has been fired. "The company embraces diversity and inclusion as one of its core values. The comments Ms. Carder shared in response to WSB-TV’s story do not reflect UPS’s values or culture.”
“She made a racist statement,” said Marshea Washington, Carder's neighbor. “It does bother me that she would generalize us and make us as if we are thugs, because I’m not raising thugs, and I’m raising three African sons.”
"That was pretty bold, and now she has to deal with the consequences of it," Washington added.
Looks Carder's comeuppance was delivered right on time.